Computer Integrated Manufacturing renders an account of the modern computer integrated manufacturing and production systems. This topic, being of great importance in the era of globalization and global integration, would deserve due attention, extension and encouragement in industrial modernization of the developing countries. The book undertakes the task by introducing and explaining basic ideas, principles and concepts; methods of product and production system design; necessary organizational arrangement and resources management; implementation of the computer integrated manufacturing systems; software and hardware requirements; production equipments and automation facilities; information flow, Ethernet and protocols; model simulations and applications; computer aided design.